Pox : an American history / Michael Willrich.

Author/Creator:

Willrich, Michael.

Publication:

New York : Penguin Press, 2011.

Series:

Penguin history of American life.
The Penguin history of American life

Format/Description:

Book
422 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subjects:

Smallpox -- United States -- Epidemiology.
Smallpox -- United States -- History.
Epidemics -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Epidemics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Medical subjects:

Smallpox -- epidemiology -- United States.
Smallpox -- history -- United States.
Disease Outbreaks -- United States.
History, 19th Century -- United States.
History, 20th Century -- United States.

Summary:

Chronicles how America's Progressive Era war on smallpox sparked one of the twentieth century's leading civil liberties battles, describing the views and tactics of anti-vaccine advocates who feared an increasingly large government.

Contents:

Beginnings
The mild type
Wherever Wertenbaker went
War is health
The stable and the laboratory
The politics of tight spaces
The antivaccinationists
Speaking law to power.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781594202865
1594202869

OCLC:

648922587

Publisher Number:

99943167484

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